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{{Quote|We have just as much to learn from our enemies as we do from our past.|Master Rahool<ref name="Flayer">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal Command#The Psion Flayers|The Psion Flayers]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|We have just as much to learn from our enemies as we do from our past.|Master Rahool<ref name="Flayer">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal Command#The Psion Flayers|The Psion Flayers]]''</ref>}} | ||
The Cabal are a bipedal, hulking species that appear to be carnivorous, as evidenced by their many sharp, irregular teeth. They have wrinkled, leathery tan-grey skin, a tall skull, dark wide-set eyes with slit pupils, and a very high, inverted-V-shaped upper lip that exposes the Cabal's upper gums and fangs.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOcioqwN2Hc '''YouTube''' ''Bungie at GDC 2013: Destiny Character Development'']</ref> They come from a warm, humid climate, so they have to be constantly hydrated within their suits.<ref name="Game Informer: The Enemies of Destiny">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/16/the-enemies-of-destiny.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 '''Game Informer: The Enemies of Destiny''']</ref> Therefore, while a resilient species, Cabal cannot survive in Mars's blistering environment without climate-controlled gel suits.<ref name="Cabal 3"/> Cabal have long lifespans, in one case having lived well over a thousand years without any apparent infirmity.<ref name="CB">[[Cabal Booklet]]</ref> A sign of infirmity is ossification, and a common form of death by old age is being completely petrified. It is part of Cabal royal funerary tradition to have the ossified corpse of an Emperor toured across their domain as a final monument to their wisdom. <ref name = "Beloved"/> | The Cabal are a bipedal, hulking species that appear to be carnivorous, as evidenced by their many sharp, irregular teeth. They have wrinkled, leathery tan-grey skin, a tall skull, dark wide-set eyes with slit pupils, and a very high, inverted-V-shaped upper lip that exposes the Cabal's upper gums and fangs.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOcioqwN2Hc '''YouTube''' ''Bungie at GDC 2013: Destiny Character Development'']</ref> They come from a warm, humid climate, so they have to be constantly hydrated within their suits.<ref name="Game Informer: The Enemies of Destiny">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/16/the-enemies-of-destiny.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 '''Game Informer: The Enemies of Destiny''']</ref> Therefore, while a resilient species, Cabal cannot survive in Mars's blistering environment without climate-controlled gel suits.<ref name="Cabal 3"/> Cabal have long lifespans, in one case having lived well over a thousand years without any apparent infirmity.<ref name="CB">[[Cabal Booklet]]</ref> A sign of infirmity is ossification, and a common form of death by old age is being completely petrified. It is part of Cabal royal funerary tradition to have the ossified corpse of an Emperor toured across their domain as a final monument to their wisdom. <ref name = "Beloved">[[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]]</ref> | ||
The Cabal species has male and female sexes, and reproduces sexually. They are most equivalent to Earth's marsupials, as infant Cabal are born underdeveloped and finish fetal development in a pouch, but similar to seahorses, it is the male who has a pouch and lactates, and the father is referred to as "pregnant" while he carries offspring; traditionally, the mother will remain by a pregnant male to protect him, and also to prevent him from storing another female's offspring and discarding her own before they are capable of surviving outside the pouch. It is implied by Calus that if infant Cabal are turned out before they are developed enough to survive, it is possible for them to survive if a surrogate father is found.<ref name = "Beloved"/> The Cabal have advanced cloning and genetic manipulation technology, as exemplified by the Ceremonial Bathers spawned by the Leviathan's cloning facilities. <ref name="Gahlran's Origins">[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/shadows-plate?highlight=gahlran '''Gahlran's Origins''']</ref> | The Cabal species has male and female sexes, and reproduces sexually. They are most equivalent to Earth's marsupials, as infant Cabal are born underdeveloped and finish fetal development in a pouch, but similar to seahorses, it is the male who has a pouch and lactates, and the father is referred to as "pregnant" while he carries offspring; traditionally, the mother will remain by a pregnant male to protect him, and also to prevent him from storing another female's offspring and discarding her own before they are capable of surviving outside the pouch. It is implied by Calus that if infant Cabal are turned out before they are developed enough to survive, it is possible for them to survive if a surrogate father is found.<ref name = "Beloved"/> The Cabal have advanced cloning and genetic manipulation technology, as exemplified by the Ceremonial Bathers spawned by the Leviathan's cloning facilities. <ref name="Gahlran's Origins">[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/shadows-plate?highlight=gahlran '''Gahlran's Origins''']</ref> | ||